A Quest Across the Apocalypse
Chapter 1: Where'd They Go?
Brian woke and began to sit up slowly, being careful not to look into the bright lights on the ceiling of his room. He shifted his body around, putting his feet onto the cold marble floor of his room. His vision slowly coming back to him as he stood up on his feet slowly, being careful not to stumble forward. He walked over to the mini fridge and grabbed a bottle of water. He closed the fridge, opened the bottle, and downed some of the water quickly to quench his need for liquid. He walked over to the cabinet and pulled out a bag of Potato Crisps. He opened the bag and took one out putting it in his mouth and chewing on it. He took the bottle of water and potato crisps over to his desk and sat down and began to turn on his computer. He put his password in and began looking through the files seeing if there was anything new going on in the Vault. He was surprised to discover that there was nothing going on since the Overseer is always posting something whether it was a problem or if it was about some big accomplishment in his life. He stood up from his chair and walked to the door of his room as it raised open as he walked up to it. He looked down the hallway wondering why there wasn't any commotion. He quickly went back into his room and threw his Vault 23 jumpsuit on. He picked up his Pip-Boy 3000 and locked it to his left arm. He pushed a button turning it on as he saw the little Vault Boy do a waving gesture before it switched over to the Pip-Boy menu. He walked out of his room and began down the hallway. He began calling out for any signs of life: "Lisa!" "James!" "Shawn!" When he got no answer he walked up to the door at the end of the hallway which lead him into the central meeting area where a majority of the vault would get together and socialize. Brian was not one for socializing so he normally stayed in his room. He did talk to people on few occasions when he was in the mood but he mostly spent his days in his quarters. He looked up at the giant bubble shaped window of the Overseer's office. "If anyone is gonna know what happened, it's him" Brian said as he began walking toward the Overseer's office. He was surprised as he walked up to the door to his office it opened so easily. He advanced in slowly and looked around not seeing any signs of him. He walked up to the Overseer's terminal and began accessing his databanks. He was lucky enough to know the Overseer's computer was already on so he didn't need a password to access his files. "This breaks so many rules but if something happened to the residents then I guess rules won't apply here" Brian thought to himself as he scrolled down, seeing the Overseer's Log. He noticed the most recent Log was yesterday, around the time he went to sleep. He copied the Log to his Pip-Boy and scrolled to the Holotape part of the Pip-Boy to listen to it. He pushed the button as the Overseer's voice came up.
"Log: 124b-685: I was thinking really hard about actually letting the citizens of the vault. I believe it's high time we actually get out to see the world as it really is but I also believe that doing so would create panic in the vault. I want them to be free but we are unaware of any sign of life outside so I don't know if it's a good thing to release the fellow vault goers. I'll spread the news to the people and see how they react. Overseer Tom out."
Brian looked down at his Pip-Boy with so many questions flowing through his head: "Why wasn't I notified about some meeting?" "Did everyone leave the vault without telling me?" He turned the Overseer's computer off and walked back to his room. "They always said leaving the vault was a 'Shot-if-opened' rule...why did the Overseer choose now to open it?" Brian thought to himself as he sat down on his bed. "Maybe...I should leave too...No sense in staying in a vault alone" Brian said to himself as he pulled out a Duffel bag and began putting needed things in such as fresh bottles of water, food, and medical supplies. He reached under his bed and pulled out a box containing a 10mm Pistol and a couple clips of ammo. "Dad gave me this for my 15th birthday. He believed it was a mistake since I would probably never need it but I have no idea what I'm going to find out there so I'll have to bring it. I guess I'll practice before I do though" Brian said to himself as he took out the gun and a clip of ammo. He placed a couple of empty water bottles on the stairs leading to the second floor of the meeting area, each bottle on a different step. He aimed carefully and managed to shoot 2 out of the 3 bottles he placed. He didn't wish to waste too much ammo so he put the gun in a holster that was under the gun in the box. He attached the holster to his waist and went back to his room grabbing the few clips of ammo before putting the box back under the bed. He stuck the clips of ammo into a compartment on the other side of the holster and picked up the Duffel bag slowly, putting it over his arm as he began advancing toward the Vault entrance. Brian wondered what the outside world would hold in store for him or he would be shot on sight the moment he walked out. He decided to continue toward the door thinking of all the people he knew and kind of cared for. He may not have been a socialist but that didn't stop him from actually considering them close since they were all meant to stay in the vault as a family. When his parents died from radiation exposure from studying on how to cure the radiation outside, he always felt like the citizens of the vault would always be there if he needed someone to talk to. He was determined to find them and to get some answers.
He finally made it to the Vault door to find out it was slowly opening as he got there. "This vault was only made to auto-open if someone programmed it...did someone program the vault door to open for me the moment I got here?..." Brian questioned that thought for a little while before advancing out the door. He walked to the end of the cave-like tunnel as he reached a wooden door that looked bared up on one side, and burnt on the other side. He slowly moved his hand to the door and sighed softly. "No backing out now" Brian said as he finally pushed the door open, the sun hitting his face as he slowly opened it.
Well that was Chapter 1! If you like it I will continue making chapters on our vault dweller and all the future adventures he is destined to have! Please review and let me know how was it was as a first chapter and please keep reading because this is a project I've been thinking about doing for a while now and I really want to see how far I can take this story.
THANKS TO BETHESDA AND OBSIDIAN FOR MAKING 2 AWESOME GAMES AND GIVING ME IDEAS FOR A STORY OF MY OWN!